Suet Ying Ho
Biographic Data
| ID | 1253640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suet Ying Ho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suet Ying |
| FAMILY NAME | Ho |
| SIGNATURE | HO S Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9485-0273 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 68 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 68 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Smokefree home rules and susceptibility to cigarette and e-cigarette use in adolescents
SFH rules, especially strict rules without violations, were associated with lower susceptibility to cigarette or EC use, and this association was partly mediated through less tolerant attitudes toward tobacco use. Further research on policies and interventions on SFH rules and practice is warranted for effective tobacco prevention
The Rhetorical Quadrilateral
Since the critical turn in the 1980s, rhetoric has maintained its methodological legitimacy by emphasizing the critic’s reflexivity. But complicated questions have emerged related to teaching rhetorical methods, critical autobiography, and standards of critical judgment. This essay explores those issues by synthesizing the Wesleyan Quadrilateral’s reason, tradition, scripture, and experience with what we introduce as the Rhetorical Quadrilateral.…
Association between tobacco industry denormalisation beliefs and support for tobacco endgame policies
Stronger TID belief was associated with greater support for total bans on tobacco sales and use. TID intervention may increase support for tobacco endgame, especially in current smokers
Economic costs of tobacco-related diseases in Hong Kong in 2021
Past studies greatly underestimate the health burden of tobacco compared with more recent data on the wider risks. Despite a decline in smoking prevalence, the total costs associated with smoking have risen as utilisation shifts from primary care towards more expensive specialist care. The long-term health and economic impacts of tobacco use remain substantial even in regions of China that have now achieved low smoking prevalence
Associations of the perceived benefits and harms of Covid-19 with confidence in coping with the pandemic and mental health symptoms
Introduction: Both perceived benefits and harms of COVID-19 have been reported, but whether they affect confidence in coping with the pandemic and mental health remains uncertain. Objective: To examine the association of perceived benefits and harms of COVID-19 with confidence in coping with the pandemic and mental health symptoms. Methods: wave of COVID-19 was under control. Information on sociodemographic characteristics, perceived benefits (10…
Impact of mandatory masking amid the Covid-19 pandemic on outdoor smoking
Background Mask-wearing in outdoor public places in Hong Kong was mandated on 29 July 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to evaluate the impact of mandatory masking with no exemption for smoking on outdoor smoking. Methods We conducted 253 unobtrusive observations at 10 outdoor smoking hotspots in 33 months from July 2019 to March 2022 and counted smokers and non-smoking pedestrians in fixed boundaries. We conducted interrupted time-serie…
Factors associated with willingness and preferences to attend family services in Hong Kong
Objective Family services are open to the community at large as well as vulnerable groups; however, little is known about the willingness of communities to attend such services. We investigated the willingness and preferences to attend family services and their associated factors (including sociodemographic characteristics, family wellbeing, and family communication quality) in Hong Kong. Methods A population-based survey was conducted on residen…
Family context as a double-edged sword for psychological distress amid the Covid-19 pandemic with the mediating effect of individual fear and the moderating effect of household income
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic drives psychological distress. Previous studies have mostly focused on individual determinants but overlooked family factors. The present study aimed to examine the associations of individual and family factors with psychological distress, and the mediating effect of individual fear and the moderating role of household income on the above associations. Methods: = 2,251) to measure the independent variables of ant…
Cigarettes, heated tobacco products and dual use
HTP or EC use showed lower exhaled CO but similar saliva cotinine levels compared with CC use. Dual users of CCs and HTPs/ECs smoked fewer CCs than exclusive CC users, but consumed more tobacco in total
Development and evaluation of two brief digital health promotion game booths utilizing augmented reality and motion detection to promote well-being at a gerontechnology summit in Hong Kong
Background: The acceleration of population aging calls for simple and effective interventions catered for older people. Gerontechnology, the combination of gerontology and technology, can promote quality of life in older adults. However, public health-related events incorporating information communication technology (ICT) for older people have seldom been evaluated. Objective: We reported the development and evaluation of two simple and brief dig…
Association of family wellbeing with forwarding and verifying Covid-19-related information, and mediation of family communication quality
Objective We assessed the associations of family wellbeing with verifying and subsequently forwarding COVID-19-related information to family members and the mediating effect of the quality of family communication on these associations among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. Methods Under the Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project, we conducted an online population-based survey, using Family wellbeing Scale and questions related to the family communicat…
Substantial increase in perceived benefits over harms of Covid-19 outbreak but persistent socioeconomic disparities
Background We have reported both perceived benefits and harms of the COVID-19 outbreak and their socioeconomic disparities amid the pandemic in Hong Kong. We further investigated whether such perceptions and disparities had changed after 10 months. Methods Under the Hong Kong Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project, we conducted two cross-sectional surveys online on perceived personal and family benefits and harms of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong K…
Associations of Face-to-Face and Instant Messaging Family Communication and Their Contents With Family Wellbeing and Personal Happiness Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic
We have first shown that, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, family IM communication and positive and supportive contents may promote family wellbeing and personal happiness. People with no family communication may need assistance
Interactive Video-Based Passive Drinking and Forced Drinking Education to Reduce Intention to Drink in Adolescents
Passive and forced drinking harm was prevalent but less recognized in Chinese adolescents. We educated adolescents on such harm to reduce their intention to drink. Students ( n = 1244) from seven secondary schools in Hong Kong participated in a video-based health talk on passive and forced drinking harm. Paired t -test was used to assess their change in knowledge of passive and forced drinking, and health and social harm of drinking after, the he…
A Population Study on Covid-19 Information Sharing
Family support through the sharing of information helps to shape and regulate the health and behaviours of family members, but little is known about how families are sharing COVID-19-related information, or about its associations with family communication quality and well-being. We examined the associations of COVID-19 information sharing methods with sociodemographic characteristics, the perceived benefits of information communication and techno…
An Exploratory Trial of Brief Mindfulness-Based Zentangle Art Workshops in Family Social Services during Covid-19
Mindfulness-based art therapy has shown to improve psychological well-being. Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, mindfulness-based art therapy suitable for everyone. We reported the transition from face-to-face to online Zentangle workshops in family social services during COVID-19. We explored feedback from face-to-face workshops and the acceptability of an online approach utilizing information communication technology (ICT) to achieve greater servic…
Use of Information and Communications Technology in Family Services and Its Perceived Benefits amid the Covid-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong—Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project
ICT use in family services markedly increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. It helped make the services more accessible especially when the pandemic restricted face-to-face services
Patterns of Perceived Harms and Benefits of the Covid-19 Outbreak in Hong Kong Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic caused different types of harms and benefits, but the combined patterns of perceived harms and benefits are unclear. We aimed to identify the patterns of perceived harms and benefits of the COVID-19 outbreak and to examine their associations with socio-demographic characteristics, happiness, and changes in smoking and drinking. A population-based cross-sectional online survey was conducted in May 2020 on Hong Kong adults (N …
Late-onset or chronic overweight/obesity predicts low self-esteem in early adolescence
Late-onset or chronic overweight/obesity predicted low general, social and academic/school-related self-esteem. Children who successfully reduced weight may have equal levels of self-esteem or even better social self-esteem than those being always underweight/normal weight. Overweight/obese children had a vulnerability to self-esteem in non-domestic environments
Perception of heated tobacco products and support for regulations
Lower support for HTP regulations and a total ban on sale were associated with perceptions of reduced harm and effectiveness for quitting CCs of HTPs in Hong Kong
A content analysis of heated tobacco product business in Hong Kong on Facebook
Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are increasingly popular in Hong Kong (HK) even though they have not been formally launched and the sale of duty-not-paid tobacco sticks is illegal. We investigated how Facebook was used against regulations to sell HTPs in HK. We screened Facebook pages run by HTP businesses targeting HK users in June 2019 and included pages with over 300 "Likes" for inductive content analysis by coding their "About" descriptions an…
Associations of Delay in Doctor Consultation With Covid-19 Related Fear, Attention to Information, and Fact-Checking
Background: Delaying doctor consultation is harmful. Fear of COVID-19 leads to delays in seeking medical care at a time when pandemic information overflows. However, little is known about the role of COVID-19 related fear, attention to information, and fact-checking in such delay. Objective: Under the Hong Kong Jockey Club SMART Family-Link Project, we examined the associations of delay in doctor consultation amidst the pandemic with sociodemogra…
Self-Reported Screen Time on Social Networking Sites Associated With Problematic Smartphone Use in Chinese Adults
Background: Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has been associated with screen time in general, but little is known about the effect of different screen-based activities. We examined the associations of self-reported time spent on overall and specific screen-based activities with PSU and its addictive symptoms in Hong Kong Chinese adults. Methods: We analyzed data from 562 smartphone owners (56.5% female; 82.1% aged 25–64 years) in a population-bas…
Perceived Benefits and Harms of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Family Well-Being and Their Sociodemographic Disparities in Hong Kong
We assessed the perceived benefits and harms of COVID-19 on family and their associations with sociodemographic factors in Chinese adults in Hong Kong. We conducted an online population-based survey and collected 4891 responses in 6 days. Prevalence estimates were weighted by sex, age, and education of the general population, and associations were analyzed using logistic regression. Our results showed both perceived benefits: 19.0% for family phy…
Family E-Chat Group Use Was Associated with Family Wellbeing and Personal Happiness in Hong Kong Adults amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic
Instant messaging (IM) is increasingly used for family communication amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, evidence remains scarce on how family e-chat groups were used and their associations with family and individual wellbeing amidst the pandemic. The numbers of family e-chat groups, functions used, and messages sent and received daily in groups were reported by 4890 adults in May 2020, and their associations with family wellbeing and personal…
Globalization with Chinese Characteristics
This article introduces a special issue on globalization 'with Chinese characteristics', but also makes its own contribution to the debates. It does so by focusing on the implications of China's rise for the nature and consequences of globalization as a distinct formation. It argues that globalization needs to be understood, in part, as the externalization of particular national forms of capitalism in particular historical periods. In this contex…
Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents
Exposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents
Evaluating Urban Regeneration Programmes in Britain
Since the mid-1980s, the British government has put more emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of existing and new policy initiatives. There is, however, little evidence to show that new regeneration initiatives have been formulated based on lessons learned from previous evaluation studies. The government's approach to evaluation of regeneration initiatives focuses on value for money and thus limits the scope and relevance of evaluation. I argue …
Smoking and perceived health in Hong Kong Chinese
Locality and the variability of ethnic employment in Britain
Sociodemographic risk factors of alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents
BACKGROUND: Adolescent drinking in Western countries has been associated with older age and high socioeconomic status, but the association with family structure was inconsistent. METHODS: In a 2012-2013 school-based survey in Hong Kong, 23,096 students (mean age 14.7 years, SD 1.8 years) completed an anonymous questionnaire. Current drinking was defined as any drinking and binge drinking as consuming at least 5 drinks on one occasion, both in the…
The relation of chronic cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus to perceived health, and the moderating effects of sex and age
A prospective study of stage of change for general health promotion action and health-related lifestyle practices among Chinese adults
Scrutiny and Direction
This paper examines the role of central government in the development plan process in England and the implications of government intervention through two case studies. There is a brief introduction to the stages of plan preparation as a pretext for discussion. The two case studies involved Directions from the Secretary of State for the Environment to the Islington and Bolton local planning authorities. In both cases, the Direction was issued afte…
Evaluating Urban Regeneration Programmes in Britain
Since the mid-1980s, the British government has put more emphasis on monitoring and evaluation of existing and new policy initiatives. There is, however, little evidence to show that new regeneration initiatives have been formulated based on lessons learned from previous evaluation studies. The government's approach to evaluation of regeneration initiatives focuses on value for money and thus limits the scope and relevance of evaluation. I argue …
Locality and the variability of ethnic employment in Britain
Smoking and mortality in 81 344 drivers in Guangzhou, China
Objectives: To analyse a policy dilemma in China on public health versus the tobacco economy through additional cigarette tax. Methods: Using published statistics from 1980 through 1997 to estimate the impact of tobacco production and consumption on government revenue and the entire economy. These estimates relied on the results of estimated price elasticities of the demand for cigarettes in China. Results: Given the estimated price elasticities …
Public opinion on smoke-free policies in restaurants and predicted effect on patronage in Hong Kong
This comprehensive survey-the first in Asia-shows strong community support for smoke-free dining and predicts an overall increase in the patronage of restaurants after the introduction of legislation for totally smoke-free restaurants
From Immigrants to Ethnic Minority
Contents: Researching black history: problems and issues The background to African Caribbean settlement in Leicester Race and immigration in the Leicester local press, 1945-1962 Somewhere to live: African Caribbeans and housing, 1945a 1981 Race and class: the operation of the colour bar and its consequences for the class position of African Caribbeans, 1945a 1981 Too many a /immigrantsa : the schooling of African Caribbean children, 1960a 1981 Fi…
Smoking and perceived health in Hong Kong Chinese
Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents
Longitudinal Assessment of Community Psychobehavioral Responses During and After the 2003 Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: In previous literature, the stability and temporal evolution of psychobehavioral responses to an outbreak remained undefined, because of the exclusively cross-sectional nature of such study designs. METHODS: Using random-digit dialing, we sampled 4481 Hong Kong residents in 6 population-based surveys that were conducted at different times during and after the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). RESULTS: Responde…
Exposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents
A prospective study of stage of change for general health promotion action and health-related lifestyle practices among Chinese adults
Smoking, quitting and mortality in an elderly cohort of 56 000 Hong Kong Chinese
In old age, smoking continues to be a major cause of death, and quitting is beneficial. Smoking cessation is urgently needed in rapidly ageing populations in the East
The relation of chronic cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus to perceived health, and the moderating effects of sex and age
Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study
Most of these people migrated as young adults; we speculate that environmentally mediated differences in pubertal maturation (when the male disadvantage in lipids and fat patterning emerges) may contribute to excess male premature IHD mortality in developed environments
Does Smoking Affect Hospital Use Before Death
BACKGROUND: Given the apparent greater use of health care services by smokers and predictions of higher costs for a never-smoking population, we aimed in this study to determine whether the acute hospital costs in the last years of life of never- and ever-smokers differed before death using a database of the decedents in 1 year in Hong Kong. OBJECTIVES: To compare the acute hospital use of ever- and never-smoker decedents. METHODS: The data on ca…
Alcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese
High levels of alcohol use in an older Chinese population were associated with lower IHD mortality. Moderate alcohol use was less consistently protective against IHD mortality. Alcohol use was associated with lower COPD mortality particularly in men, either due to some yet to be clarified properties of alcohol or as the artefactual result of genetic selection into alcohol use in a Chinese population. Given the increasing use of alcohol in China w…
Adolescents' experience of comments about their weight – prevalence, accuracy and effects on weight misperception
Weight comments, mostly incorrect, were commonly received by Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong, and such incorrect comments were associated with weight misperception
Health-related physical fitness and weight status in Hong Kong adolescents
The relations between BMI and health-related physical fitness in adolescents were non-linear. Overweight/obese and underweight adolescents had poorer performance in push-up and sit-up tests than normal weight adolescents. Different aspects of health-related physical fitness may serve as immediate indicators of potential health risks for underweight and overweight adolescents
Family structure, parent-child conversation time and substance use among Chinese adolescents
Non-intact families were associated with substance use among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents. The apparently stronger associations with substance use in paternal than maternal families were probably mediated by the poorer communication with the father
Comprehensive smoke-free legislation and displacement of smoking into the homes of young children in Hong Kong
The prevalence of exposure to SHS at home and outside home have both increased among primary school students in Hong Kong post-legislation. Comprehensive smoke-free legislation without strong support for smoking cessation might have displaced smoking into the homes of young children
Carcinogens in a puff’
Smoking scenes in movies, exploited by the tobacco industry to circumvent advertisement bans, are linked to adolescent smoking. Recently, a Hong Kong romantic comedy Love in a puff put smoking at centre stage, with numerous smoking scenes and words that glamourise smoking. Although WHO has issued guidelines on reducing the exposure of children to smoking in movies, none is adopted in Hong Kong. Comprehensive tobacco control strategies are urgentl…
Who wants a slimmer body? The relationship between body weight status, education level and body shape dissatisfaction among young adults in Hong Kong
Overweight and obesity in men and underweight in women were prevalent among Hong Kong young adults. Inappropriate body shape desire might predispose individuals to unhealthy weight loss or gain behaviors. Careful consideration of actual weight status in body shape desire is needed in health promotion and education, especially for underweight and normal weight women and those with a low education level
Measuring walking within and outside the neighborhood in Chinese elders
The NWQ-CS showed measurement invariance across types of neighborhoods. It is a valid measure of walking for recreation and frequency of walking for transport. However, it may systematically underestimate the duration of walking for transport in samples that engage in high levels of this type of walking
Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong
BACKGROUND: Both diet and air pollution are associated with mortality risks. However, no epidemiological study has examined the potential interaction between diet and air pollution on mortality. We assessed their interaction on an additive scale. METHODS: We analysed the data on daily concentrations of ambient air pollutants (PM(10), NO(2), SO(2) and O(3)) and a total of 23 484 deaths in 1998 in Hong Kong. A standardised questionnaire was used in…
Globalization with Chinese Characteristics
This article introduces a special issue on globalization 'with Chinese characteristics', but also makes its own contribution to the debates. It does so by focusing on the implications of China's rise for the nature and consequences of globalization as a distinct formation. It argues that globalization needs to be understood, in part, as the externalization of particular national forms of capitalism in particular historical periods. In this contex…
Medicine (61 works) · Environmental health (41 works) · Demography (38 works) · Population (31 works) · Psychology (30 works) · Demography (28 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (23 works) · Internal Medicine (18 works) · Public health (17 works) · Gerontology (16 works)